Street shut by fire four months ago to re-open

A city street which has been partly shut since a fire in March is to re-open as demolition work finishes.

A cordon was set up on Glasgow’s Renfield Street following the fire at Victoria’s Nightclub on Sauchiehall Street on 22 March.

The block housing the club was demolished on safety grounds following the blaze.

Glasgow City Council said that the operation to clear the rubble from the demolition has now concluded and heavy plant machinery has been removed from the site.

Work will begin today to move the cordon currently on Renfield Street back to the pedestrian precinct on Sauchiehall Street.

This will allow traffic to move between Renfrew Street and Bath Street once more and pedestrians to use pavements on both sides of Renfield Street.